# Kobelco partners with Engcon and Leica for tiltrotator machine control

Kobelco, Engcon and Leica Geosystems partnered to develop a new automatic tiltrotator function for Kobelco excavators. The ICT system will launch in spring 2019 in Japan, first integrated into SK200 and SK210-10 excavators.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2018-08-30
- Where: Japan
- Status: announced
- Products: tiltrotator, machine control system, ICT system
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Leica Geosystems](https://endata.com/companies/16564.md) (partner)
- [Engcon](https://endata.com/companies/18154.md) (partner)
- [Kobelco](https://endata.com/companies/27063.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [equipmentworld.com](https://www.equipmentworld.com/equipment-controls/machine-control/article/14969944/kobelco-partners-with-engcon-and-leica), 2018-08-30: "The technology, part of Kobelco’s new Information and Communication Technology system for machine control, is the result of a three-way partnership with the Japanese manufacturer and Sweden-based Engcon and Switzerland-based Leica Geosystems"

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